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More Irish Petty Sessions records go online

A second tranche of records from the Irish Petty Sessions order books has just been made available.

Find My Past Ireland has launched online the second batch of records from the Petty Sessions order books (1850-1910), which it calls “one of the greatest untapped resources for those tracing their Irish roots”.

Find My Past says: “The original Petty Sessions records that are held at the National Archives of Ireland were scanned by Family Search and have now been transcribed and made fully searchable by Find My Past Ireland.

“They cover all types of cases, from allowing trespass of cattle to being drunk in charge of an ass and cart. These were the lowest courts in the country who dealt with the vast bulk of legal cases, both civil and criminal. This set of entries contains information on more than two million cases with most records giving comprehensive details of the case including: name of complainant, name of defendant, names of witnesses, cause of complaint, details of the judgement, details of a fine (if any), and details of a sentence passed down (if any). Another ten million cases are to follow throughout 2012.

“If you have roots stretching back to Counties Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Donegal, Galway, Kerry, or Kilkenny, you’ll find this group of records particularly useful. A full list of counties and courts is detailed below:

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More Petty Sessions records have been added to the collection. Find My Past Ireland says, “Today [27 November 2012] we launched another 2.4 million records from the Petty Sessions order books (1850-1910). If you have roots stretching back to counties Donegal, Mayo, Kerry, Galway or Clare you’ll find this group of records particularly useful.”